Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimming - men's 50m freestyle S5 - 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal

Youngsters usher in new era on day 7, as famous world and Paralympic champions show they are still at the top of their game.

IPC Nordic Skiing Sochi 2014 Test Event

With the next Paralympic Winter Games quickly approaching the calendar is packed with winter para-sport events for the next seven months.

Sweden wheelchair rugby team

Sweden defeated Denmark for gold and Great Britain beat Germany for bronze at the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Euros.

Mary Fisher, NZL, competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal

Fisher et Boki sont en bonne voie de gagner leurs cinquièmes titres mondiaux consécutifs à Montréal.

Mary Fisher, NZL, competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal

Fisher and Boki looking to win their fifth consecutive world title in Montreal.

A picture of a man swimming

Les plus célèbres champions du monde paralympique ont démontré qu’ils étaient encore au sommet de leur forme, tandis que les jeunes sont entrés de plein pied dans l’arène.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

Les têtes d’affiche Britannique, Canadienne et Néo-Zélandaise Eleanor Simmonds, Valérie Grand’Maison et Sophie Pascoe vont clore les compétitions du jour 7 des Championnats du monde de natation IPC.

Maddison Elliott

Une soirée inattendue à Montréal 2013 pour la championne mondiale Jessica Long défaite aux mains de l’Australienne âgée de quatorze ans, Maddison Elliott.

Benoit Huot at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships

Read what the athletes said when they came off the pool

Maddison Elliott

Evening of upsets at Montreal 2013 headlined by the defeat of multiple world champion Jessica Long to 14 year-old Maddison Elliot.

Jessica Long at Montreal 2013

Long wins third consecutive world title in world record time.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Olga Sviderska sets new world record in women's 150m individual medley SM3.

Jessica Long à Montréal 2013

Jessica Long obtient son troisième titre mondial en un temps record.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Olga Sviderska établit un nouveau record mondial au 150 m quatre nages individuel SM3.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

Paralympic and world champions are all safely through to the finals on day four of Montreal 2013.

A picture of a woman with a prosthesis wearing an American flag to celebrate her victory

The 2013 ITU Para-Triathlon World Championships will take place in London, Great Britain on 13 September.

Jessica Long

Les détenteurs de records mondiaux et leurs rivaux seront au devant de la scène au sixième jour de Montréal 2013.

Germany wheelchair rugby

Great Britain will face Sweden and Denmark will challenge Germany in the semi-finals.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

Les champions paralympiques et mondiaux se sont tous qualifiés aux finales de la cinquième journée.

Montreal 2013 Day 1 heats

Read what the athletes said when they came off the water.